Oh hello, hello to reach and one of all my children!
My title is Gr-r-r-andma for all these whoʼs wonder in slumber and still grin!
Follow me to the plunderfull town of Piddletractor, where we will search for my naughty little nephew, Alewishus, the clown prince of Piddletractor!

Thus begins the mythic non-saga of Grandma Sparrow, his nephew, and the various denizens of Piddletractor, USA. Joe Westerlund puts his performance alter-ego through the trademark Spacebomb wringer: strings, horns, and groovy houseband to produce a wild new thing, a psychedelic children’s song-cycle for adults that doesn’t defy description so much as dance around it and pull at its nose. It’s the kind of project that is rarely dreamed up these days, rarer still to be executed with such skill, bravado and glee (complete with an amateur youth choir). And on May 20th, Spacebomb will be proud to release Grandma Sparrow & his Piddletractor Orchestra (SB004) into the world.

Indy Week premiered the album teaser video today, calling the record a “sonic playground…[that] embraces absurdist humor and childlike whimsy, impulsive improvisation and pop collisions.” Watch the album teaser below:

Tour dates:

May 1 – Washington, DC @ DC9
w/ Megafaun
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May 2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
w/ Megafaun
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May 16 – Richmond, VA @ Coalition Theater
w/ improv comedy by Pigeon
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May 17 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
w/ Alexandra Sauser-Monnig (of Mountain Man), Matthew E. White (DJ set)
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May 18 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook (Sunday Brunch)
w/ Alexandra Sauser-Monnig (of Mountain Man)
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Grandma Sparrow & his Piddletractor Orchestra (SB004) will be released on May 20th on Spacebomb Records (CD/LP/Digital)